BBC4 Everett biopic in the works

Kenny Everett is to be the latest comedy great to get the BBC Four biopic treatment.

Tim Whitnall, who created he stage play Morecambe, has written a 90-minute biopic The Best Possible Taste, focusing on Everett’s relationship with his wife, singer Lee Middleton.

Despite his homosexuality, they married in 1966, when he was a young DJ, and separated in 1979.

Oliver Lansley, who co-wrote the Alan Davies sitcom White’s, plays Everrett, while former Coronation Street actor Katherine Kelly plays Middleton

Richard Klein, the controller of BBC4, said: ‘Kenny Everett was a genuine original: wild and unfocused maybe, but also deliciously anarchic and always entertaining," said.

‘In many ways Kenny was a very modern celebrity, wearing his heart on his sleeve while coping with a complex life. Re-evaluating this talented and exuberant personality, enabling audiences to reconsider Kenny's undoubted impact and legacy, makes this a very BBC4 drama.’

Published: 3 Apr 2012